I don't even know where to begin...

I don't even know where to begin . . . Last week I talked with my mom and she told me about one of their friends whose daughter was pregnant and thinking about adoption. She wanted to talk with us and it just so happened (amazingly enough) that Brandon and I were driving down to California to spend a week with my parents - so I told my mom that I would love to meet her while we were down there. I was really excited to be able to talk with a birthmother and get to see her side of adoption and maybe help her in anyway I could - my whole thought going into it was that I just hoped someone was helping our birthmother and being her friend through this.

I met with her by myself on Tuesday, May 18th. We went for a drive and had a good chat. With everything, I try not to get my hopes up too much - but I felt so comfortable with her and it was hard not to. Even now I can't even think straight about how it happened - this amazing young woman asked if we would like to adopt her baby. Words can't even describe how I felt - just shocked, but excited! We had parked at a little parking lot overlooking the ocean and when I went to start the truck up again - it wouldn't start. Yup, the battery was dead. It was actually kind of funny and luckily she called a friend and he came and jumped our truck - phew! Calm under pressure? Check!

What's amazing is how you can love someone that you have just met. She is giving us a gift that we never would be able to have without her. She will be a part of our family forever, no matter what happens. She says that she felt from the beginning that this baby belonged to someone else, how amazing is that? I never thought I could feel so many emotions at one time. With adoption, it all comes down to the baby and what is best for them - in our case, we are looking forward to an open adoption and that just brings more family to love this child.